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Palestinian president rejects tax money from Israel 20 Feb 2019 - 10:31 pm
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting with Palestinian leaders at the Muqata, the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on February 20, 2019. AFP / Abbas Momani
Turkey no longer able to face new refugee flow: Erdogan 20 Feb 2019 - 10:31 pm
President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) kisses an elderly's hand during the
Israel to build 4,461 new settler homes in Jerusalem 20 Feb 2019 - 10:30 pm
A Palestinian man, salvages some of his belongings from his house that was demolished by Israeli troops in the Arab east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Beit Hanina on February 20, 2019, on the grounds that it was built without a construction permit.  AFP / Ah
Egypt executes nine over public prosecutor's killing 20 Feb 2019 - 07:59 pm
Family of those convicted and executed for the killing of public prosecuter Hisham Barakat gather at Zynhom morgue in Cairo, Egypt as they wait for the bodies to be released February 20, 2019. Reuters/Amina Ismail
Israel says strikes Hamas post over arson balloons from Gaza 20 Feb 2019 - 07:59 pm
Palestinians burn torches and tires during the
Netanyahu slams 'shocking' anti-Semitic vandalism in France 19 Feb 2019 - 07:46 pm
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Netanyahu seeks to save face after cancelled central Europe summit 19 Feb 2019 - 07:46 pm
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gesture as they speak to the media after their meeting in Jerusalem February 19, 2019. Ariel Schalit /Pool Via Reuters
Iraq's Kurdish regional parliament elects interim speaker amid boycott 18 Feb 2019 - 07:35 pm
Members of the Kurdistan Region Parliament vote during a session in Erbil, Iraq February 18, 2019. Reuters/Azad Lashkari
In Syria's Aleppo, gas shortages add to daily woes 18 Feb 2019 - 05:30 pm
Syrians queue for gas canisters in the Salah al-Din district of the northern city of Aleppo on February 11, 2019. AFP / LOUAI BESHARA
Twin bombing kills 13 in Syria's Idlib: monitor 18 Feb 2019 - 05:20 pm
Syrian men look at the destroyed house of their neighbour in the rebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan in the north of Idlib province on February 18, 2019, following reported shelling by government forces. / AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Besieged IS militants refuse to surrender, ask for an exit 18 Feb 2019 - 03:32 pm
Veiled women, reportedly wives and members of the Islamic State, walk under the supervision of a female fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) at al-Hol camp at al-Hasakeh governorate at northeastern Syria on February 17, 2019. / AFP / BULENT KIL
Don't abandon us, Syrian Kurds tell Europe 18 Feb 2019 - 03:01 pm
Bystanders and fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) watch a demonstration in support of Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan, on February 15, 2019, in the northeastern Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli.  AFP / HECTOR PEREZ
IS defends final pocket of dying 'caliphate' in Syria 18 Feb 2019 - 08:55 am
Members of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) gesture as they ride a truck in the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria February 17, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said
Polish PM cancels Israel visit amid new Holocaust tensions 17 Feb 2019 - 11:21 pm
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks during a parliamentary session in Warsaw, Poland, December 12, 2018. Agencja Gazeta/Slawomir Kaminski/Reuters
19 Palestinians and Israeli soldier wounded in Gaza clashes 17 Feb 2019 - 11:20 pm
Palestinians burn tyres as Israeli forces intervene them during the
Israel to withhold $138 million in Palestinian funds 17 Feb 2019 - 10:49 pm
A new settlement which will house some 300 Jewish settlers evicted in February 2017 from the illegal West Bank settlement of Amona in West Bank, February 22, 2018. Reuters/Ammar Awad
14 Tunisian oil workers kidnapped in Libya freed: consul 17 Feb 2019 - 10:49 pm
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Tunisia presses Libya to help free 14 kidnapped workers 17 Feb 2019 - 09:37 pm
A Libyan woman holding a Kingdom of Libya flag walks past a caricature of Muammar Gaddafi near the court house in Benghazi June 8, 2011. Reuters/Esam Al-Fetori